The cook soldier stared at the map for less than ten seconds, then pointed to one of the locations and said in a positive tone: "It's right here."
Sokov took a look and saw that it was a post office located on the left bank of the Lugan River that passed through the city. After the Soviet army recaptured the city, all the buildings there were destroyed by the war, so the new post office was moved to a block 800 meters away. If the enemy really uses this place as a contact point, it is really not easy to arouse suspicion.
Even if the patrol finds a stranger appearing nearby, the stranger can explain that he is looking for the post office without arousing any suspicion from the patrol.
"Then tell me, who disclosed some information about our army to the Germans?" Sokov thought of the second wave of German troops who attacked secretly, pretending to be a division guard camp, and the leading German even pretended to be Seryosha , I couldn't help but feel angry.
"I'm not sure about this." The cook replied: "After I arrived in Lugansk with the army, an old man named Sergei came to contact me. He asked me to find someone to prepare fifty sets of military uniforms and send them to To the ruins of the post office. The rest, I know nothing.”
Sokov asked a few more questions. Seeing that he couldn't ask any more questions from the cook, he waved his hand and had someone take him out. He said to Vitkov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, judging from the interrogation, the old man named Sergei is the key to the entire incident."
"Comrade Commander." Vitkov asked puzzledly, "Why do you think so?"
"Let me sort out my thoughts for you: First of all, we learned that German paratroopers airborne in the north direction of the city. A few were killed and the rest fled. Now it seems that they hid in the ruins of the post and telecommunications office by the Lugan River. . Even though the enemy had once occupied Luhansk, the paratroopers who came here were not necessarily familiar with the terrain. Without someone to support them, they would not be able to easily escape the pursuit of Sivakov Division and successfully sneak into the contact point.
Secondly, in order to complete these assassination operations, the enemy mobilized their latent forces in the city. Avdeyev was unwilling to help the Germans anymore because of fear. Unexpectedly, he was framed by Sergey and arrested as a thief. When we went to search his residence, the deputy director actively cooperated with us and found the hidden radio station, which made us believe that he was a German spy and diverted our attention. "
"I don't understand," Vitkov asked after hearing this: "Sergey deliberately exposed Avdeyev. Isn't he worried that we will follow this clue and pull him out from behind? ?You know, we caught Sergei based on this clue."
"I think Sergey was also instigated by others to do this." Sokov continued his analysis: "Maybe he didn't even think about touching Avdeyev. After all, someone was exposed and he would definitely be implicated in the end. But. In order to achieve the purpose of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, his superior still issued this wrong order."
"So, as long as Sergey's mouth is opened," Witkov heard this and immediately realized the problem: "Find out the person who instigated him behind the scenes, and you can figure out the whole thing."
"Yes, it is indeed like this." Through this attack, Sokov realized that there are many enemies hidden in the city. If they are not eliminated, they will come out to cause destruction at critical times in the future, and the consequences will be huge. Even more serious: "Let Kester bring Sergei here, I want to interrogate him personally."
Knowing that Kester had brought Sergei, Sokov asked straight to the point: "Comrade Captain, has he confessed?"
"No." Kester shook his head and said, "We tried many methods, but he was very tight-lipped and refused to say anything."
"Bring him up," Sokov said with some lack of confidence: "Let's try again to see if there is any way to make him speak."
Soon, Sergey was brought up. He was much more haggard than yesterday. However, since the interrogating police officers did not torture him, there was nothing wrong with his health. "Sergey, I want to ask you, how did you bring those Germans into the ruins of the post and telecommunications office?"
Sergey, who originally wanted to pretend to be confused, had a look of panic on his face when he heard Sokov mentioning the Postal and Telecommunications Office, but he quickly regained his composure and pretended to be calm and asked: "Comrade Commander, I don't understand. What you mean."
The look on Sergey's face did not escape Sokov's eyes. He increasingly felt that the Post Office was the key to opening Sergey's mouth, so he deliberately said to Kester in front of Sergey: "Captain Comrade, please send a few people to search the post office on the left bank of the Lugan River. Maybe the old Sergei left something there."
Sokov's method was indeed effective. When he heard that Sokov planned to send people to search the post and telecommunications office, Sergey immediately panicked. He quickly said loudly: "Comrade Commander, haven't I already admitted that I am a German sent?" The daily job of the special agents in the city is to check your defense situation everywhere, and then report it to the Germans via telegram."
"This alone is not enough. Although we seized the transmitter you hid at home, we did not find the code book." Sokov sneered and asked: "Can you tell us now where the code book is hidden? ?”
Seeing Sergey bowing his head and remaining silent again, Sokov immediately realized that the codebook that had never been found should be hidden in the ruins of the post and telecommunications office. But he asked calmly: "Sergey, what did you do before the war?"
"Before the war," Sergey squinted and began to recall his past experience: "I was a telegraph operator at the Post and Telecommunications Bureau, and I was prepared to be responsible for sending messages."
"Then how did he serve the Germans?" Sokov continued to ask.
"When the city fell, my family fell into the hands of the Germans." Sergey's face showed a painful expression: "The Germans said that if I didn't serve them, they would kill all my family. In order to save the lives of my whole family, I could only bite the bullet and agreed to the Germans' request.
Originally, I wanted to secretly work for the Germans without being discovered. But since I retreated to the rear and sent a report to the Germans, they used this matter to blackmail me and asked me to continue working for them, otherwise they would report my identity to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I was afraid and could only do what he wanted. "
Seeing Sergey's expression become dazed, Sokov asked unexpectedly: "Sergey, let me ask you, is your code book hidden in the post office?"
"Yes, it's at the post office." After Sergey said this without thinking, he immediately realized something was wrong, but it was too late for him to change his mind. He could only lower his head again and reply in an inaudible voice: "You guessed it right, I am indeed hiding there."
Even if he knew that something was hidden in the post office, it would be very difficult to find it if he didn't ask for the specific location. Sokov quickly asked: "Where is it hidden in the post office?"
"In the reference room on the second floor, in the cabinet against the wall on the left after entering the door, the cabinet door has been burned black." Sergey lowered his head and said: "Open the cabinet, and you can see in the corner. Something wrapped in a handkerchief, with the code book and list hidden inside.”
Sokov originally just wanted to find the code book, but when he heard that there was also a roster, he couldn't help but feel ecstatic. He quickly turned around and told Kester: "Comrade Captain, you personally take people to the data room of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau to search, and you must find the code book and list. Do you understand?"
As the director of the civilian police branch, Kester naturally knew that if he found the list of German lurking personnel, he could carry out targeted arrests based on the names on it. He quickly and loudly replied: "Don't worry, Comrade Commander, I will definitely find the code book and list."
